The article examines the exam papers of 85 psychology graduates who,after one year of post-graduate training, were faced with a clinical case. The casein question had a history of domestic violence. The candidates were asked todescribe their reflections on the clinical story and to propose the most suitabletreatment while highlighting the reasons and the purposes behind these choices.The content analysis of the compositions showed how violence within the familyinvestigated, and in particular violence against the mother and her son, wasneglected in interpreting the assigned clinical case.